The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad Cases in the Courts of Last Resort in America and EnglandLawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson Edward Thompson Company, 1891 Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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... refused to enforce the law . The statute as an exercise of the state police power . The question now to be inquired into is what is the nature of this law ? Is it an act to regulate commerce with foreign nations , or among the states ...
... refused to enforce the law . The statute as an exercise of the state police power . The question now to be inquired into is what is the nature of this law ? Is it an act to regulate commerce with foreign nations , or among the states ...
Σελίδα 18
... refused to transport certain tanks of oil from the station of the Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Company ... refusing to obey the order made , the board of commissioners filed a petition in the district court of Dubuque county ...
... refused to transport certain tanks of oil from the station of the Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Company ... refusing to obey the order made , the board of commissioners filed a petition in the district court of Dubuque county ...
Σελίδα 20
... refused to entertain jurisdiction . While the ultimate judg- ment of the court in that case is placed upon the ground that " the courts of no country execute the penal laws of another , " yet is it not entirely clear , from the line of ...
... refused to entertain jurisdiction . While the ultimate judg- ment of the court in that case is placed upon the ground that " the courts of no country execute the penal laws of another , " yet is it not entirely clear , from the line of ...
Σελίδα 27
... refused , before the return day , to ap- point such commissioners . As already suggested , before the appointment of such commissioners could be made on this record , I should have to de- termine the question as to whether this cause ...
... refused , before the return day , to ap- point such commissioners . As already suggested , before the appointment of such commissioners could be made on this record , I should have to de- termine the question as to whether this cause ...
Σελίδα 29
... refused , and the case being submitted to the jury , they returned for plaintiff a general verdict on the issues joined , also a special finding for plaintiff on each of the issues joined on the three pleas filed . Thereupon the ...
... refused , and the case being submitted to the jury , they returned for plaintiff a general verdict on the issues joined , also a special finding for plaintiff on each of the issues joined on the three pleas filed . Thereupon the ...
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Σελίδα 661 - We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril ; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Σελίδα 155 - Municipal and other corporations and Individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use shall make just compensation for property taken, injured or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury or destruction.
Σελίδα 381 - ... public notice, as may be provided by law. SEC. 12. In all elections for directors or managers of corporations every stockholder shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him for as many persons as there are directors or managers to be elected...
Σελίδα 241 - In determining the value of land appropriated for public purposes, the same considerations are to be regarded as in a sale of property between private parties. The inquiry in such cases must be what is the property worth in the market, viewed not merely with reference to the uses to which it is at the time applied, but with reference to the uses to which it is plainly adapted ; that is to say, what is it worth from its availability for valuable uses.
Σελίδα 325 - ... to its former state, or to such state as not unnecessarily to have impaired its usefulness.
Σελίδα 229 - suits in equity shall not be sustained in either of the courts of the United States in any case where a plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law.
Σελίδα 383 - Assembly shall provide, by law, that in all elections for directors or managers of incorporated companies, every stockholder shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, for the number of shares of stock owned by him, for as many persons as there are directors or managers to be elected...
Σελίδα 407 - No right Is held more sacred, or is more carefully guarded, by the common law. than the right of every individual to the possession and control of his own person, free from all restraint or Interference of others, unless by clear and unquestionable authority of law.
Σελίδα 98 - Assembly from taking the property and franchises of incorporated companies, and subjecting them to public use, the same as the property of individuals; and the exercise of the police power of the State shall never be abridged or so construed as to permit corporations to conduct their business in such manner as to infringe the equal rights of individuals or the general well-being of the State.
Σελίδα 10 - Commerce with foreign countries, and among the States, strictly considered, consists in intercourse and traffic, including in these terms navigation, and the transportation and transit of persons and property, as well as the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities.